Every month during the school year each student in the participating Book Pals classroom received a book to keep and an activity to go with the books from Andy’s Books. Each activity also included writing monthly letters back and forth between students (Book Pals) in classes.

Kishwaukee Elementary School

At the Kishawukee Family Fun Night books were given to each child both to enrich the kids' vocabulary and reading experiences and to encourage quality family time.

Cops n' Kids

Andy's Books donated 2 books for every child at Fairgrounds and Orton Keyes HeadStart programs, 700 books in total. Cops n' Kids is an event sponsored by the Salvation Army, this program is designed both to give books to children who have little access to them and to provide a positive experience with the local police who sign the books the children choose.

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'Promoting child literacy by providing children in underserved areas with access to books.'

Andy’s Books for Kids
Annual Fundraiser

November 1st – December 31st, 2014

Last year, thanks to the generosity of our donors, Andy’s Books for Kids was able to donate almost $40,000 worth of new children’s books to schools, HeadStart, Little Free Libraries, a food pantry, etc. Please help us make this another record breaking year by adding your gift to our fundraiser.

There are two ways to donate:

Donate online with a credit card:

Click the Donate button on this page and follow the prompts.

Donate by check:

Make the check out to Andy’s Books for Kids

Mail it to:
Andy’s Books for Kids
11708 Inverway
Belvidere, IL 61008

Thank you for choosing to include Andy’s Books for Kids in your yearly donations!

Kishwaukee Elementary Book Pals with their brand new Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Books!

Andy's Books for Kids... Sounds Like a Plan!, our not for profit organization honoring our son, Andy Hodge, who lost his life to a brain tumor in 2006, is in its seventh year of donating new children's books to kids in the greater Rockford area and beyond. In our current economy, it has become all too common for families to consider buying books for their children a luxury rather than a necessity. So Andy's Books is stepping in to help fill that gap.

Andy's Books completed 18 donation events this school calendar year. Please click here for information about these and our other current and past donation projects. Or you may contact me directly by email at meghodge@andysbooks.org.

You may donate either online by clicking on the Donate button here on the home page or by check, made out to Andy's Books for Kids and mailed to 11708 Inverway, Belvidere, IL 61008.

Every gift will be directly applied to the purchase of new children's books, making a difference to so many of our kids.

Andy’s Books is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all donations are tax deductible.

Let Us Help

Please, if you are a member of or know of an organization, school, after school program, children’s hospital, etc. who would benefit from a donation of children’s books contact Meg Hodge at meghodge@andysbooks.org or at 815-262-3473 for more information.